vertebraとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Latin vertebra (“joint”), from vertere (“to turn”). Having multiple vertebrae (複数形 of vertebra) in one's backbone instead of having a single bone or solid spine, allows for the movement of the body with bends and turns. Hence meaning 1.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈvɜːtɪbɹə/

名詞

vertebra (複数形 vertebræ または vertebrae または vertebras)

1. Any of the small bones which make up the backbone.

同意語

• spondyle (まれに)

派生語

参考

• coccyx

Further reading

• vertebra on Wikipedia.

Latin

語源

From vert(ō) (“to turn”) +‎ -bra.

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwer.te.bra/, [ˈwɛr.t̪ɛ.bra]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈver.te.bra/, [ˈvɛr.t̪ɛ.bra]

名詞

vertebra f (genitive vertebrae); first declension

1. joint
2. (anatomy) vertebra

語形変化

First-declension noun.

派生した語

• English: vertebra
• French: vertèbre
• Galician: vértebra
• Irish: veirteabra
• Italian: vertebra
• Portuguese: vértebra
• Spanish: vértebra

参照

• vertebra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vertebra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette